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We Think Many Democrats Who Say They’re For Biden Are Actually Undecided
And that explains why he was polling better than he’s been doing…
Except we’re pretty sure those people won’t be for Bernie, but still persuadable to change their minds otherwise.
At least that’s what we’ll explore today: that Biden supporters aren’t really behind Biden same way as Bernie Sanders supporters are behind Bernie.
We believe the former vice-President is just comfortably occupying a place in their minds until they figure out who they’re really going to get behind. (And that still could be Biden, but could just as easily be someone else.) Earlier this week, we told you about one such person: who went to bed the night before the New Hampshire primary thinking “Biden”, but woke up voting Klobuchar. “And I feel good about it”, she said.
We’re not saying Joe Biden is out of it at all. But we’re pretty convinced right now Biden = Undecided. Those people could still decide on Biden. Especially after his nice debate performance last night in Las Vegas. But they’re far from signed, sealed and delivered.
To prove our point, we made a point of tracking down a small sampling of Biden supporters last weekend in states that haven’t voted yet. And really none of them know whom…
